New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-09
THE TALK OF TIE DAY

It is pleasant to note the great of Public
Opinion" which gives each week I'm comprehensive
form and under appropriate headings the pth and
spirit Of the American press. No one who Is inter
ested I'm the discussion Of the great questions Of the
dav and who wishes H. at a glance the trend OF
that discussion can afford do without this valuable
publication Tho publishers have just issued the first
and second Volumes consisting of all the issues that
have thus far appeared, and they Will be found ~
contain q pretty full history Of the period which
they cover.
A Straight Brlbe.-" BOY. you acquainted around
here p he asked Of lai on Michigaiave.
II Want mt to find the Civilized cornice works.
But rs an I'D concern and was told to come
corner mean THS Gs eO IS We %Ork It's
right around that corner"
"Bub, did say civilizedr
And tho proper word is galvanzedr'
Here come here. Here's dime for you and
YOU lust keep mum about what has passed I'm going
10 run for supervisor this fall the strength of being
a selfmade man, who got his education by the ligh!
of n-cob candle and don't want the Internal
out ON mo too soon."-(DetrOit Free Press.
Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson denies that he APP
proved tho assassination Of Gambrell by Colonel
Hamilton I'm jackson, Miss lie merely said In gen
eral terms that the death Of Gambrcll the usual
outcome of all such men who loaded themselves down
with weapons and deprecated the fact that not only
GamDrIl Out TOO many hisSiNSipPi"i' i""N'o "~'Ao
asenas of themselves and that the natural result vi
such a thing was fights and deaths
Tho following definitions wero found in tho exami-
nati.n papers Of a private school in of largo
southern cities:
Sophster-One who sophes.
Evangelst--Ono who speaks from his stomach.
Pertaining to syria.
Stably-Stables in general
Musc-Io cry an infant
Famine-Pertaln!ng TO the female Sex.
Doxology-Dropsy In the head.-(Boston Transcript
In a Western co-educatIonal college female sophie
mores haze good looking freshmen by blindfOldng and
young men than tho college accommodate want
TO BECOME students there NOristown Herald.
The pa TrlgonYmetry" classes of the Cleveland
high schools gave themselves a picnic and rustic
dinner the other day. The had chemico-mathe
NAUTICAL menu which was a wonderful combination Of
chemical, mathematical and Latin terms Ice cream
was put down VocIfcro' and when It Is explained
that "voclfero" may be translated scream the hi
larious character Of the joke will be apparent
Oh mum, the was ugly -lookin' tramp kim
into the font paor this mornln' Whom oil afher
"a tramp! And what did you do, Bridget r
"0i busted, mum"-(lurllnglrn Free Press.
.The san Francisco Chronicle advises women to
90 into Embarrassing clean, healthy and lucrative
employment
some Editorial Pcrsonals.-Cood luck and msfor-
tune 20 hand in hand. Lon Baker presented the
editor with a gallon Of currant vino Tuesday after
noon and that evening horse ran into the fence
on tho square and broke our buggy and threw us cut.
-(Austn Qowa) sun
our thanks are due TO Mrs. Squire Turner for q
pair Of delicious spring chickens and bunch Of fine
asparagus, We shall eat thom for our Sunday dinner
and have kind thoughts for the squire and his csti-
mablo lady, Llpscomb (sch.) News.
Tho editor and wlfo has been sick for several
days, hence dcarth Of local news this week. We
promise to do better In the future-(Walnut Qowa)
Bureau.
"The Washington Critic thinks that the proposal
to build Episcopalian Cathedral in this city Is
hcldcst and broalest step yet taken by Protest